Erika Eleniak

• Name — Erika Eleniak • Birth Name — Erika Maya Eleniak • Birthplace — Glendale, California, U.S. • Born — 29 September 1969 • Occupation — * Actress • Model • Children — 1 • Years Active — 1980–present

Eleniak was born in Glendale, California. Her father had moved to the area of Los Angeles from Canada in order to start a film career. One of her ancestors was Wasyl Eleniak, a native of Eastern Galicia, who in 1891 became a pioneer of Ukrainian immigration to Canada.

• Illustration — Eleniak in 2010 Eleniak's first feature-film role was at age 12, in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as the girl kissed by Elliott Taylor (Henry Thomas) in the classroom scene. Her 10-year-old costar, Thomas, told People magazine that he disliked filming the scene: "When I had to kiss the girl, I had to do it two times! I don't like girls." In 1988, Eleniak appeared as Vicki De Soto, a victim of the creature in the horror film The Blob, which was a remake of the 1958 film of the same name. Eleniak appeared on the cover of Playboy in April 1989 and again in July 1989 in a pictorial with a nautical theme. That same year, she began a recurring role in the TV series Charles in Charge as Charles (Scott Baio)'s girlfriend Stephanie Curtis, and also won a role on Baywatch as female lead Shauni McClain, which she played from 1989 to 1992. She also played Carrie, the high-school girlfriend of Jesse Katsopolis (John Stamos), in "One Last Kiss," the November 16, 1990 fourth season episode of Full House. In 1992, Eleniak returned to film acting, playing Jordan Tate, a Playboy Playmate hired to perform a striptease for J.T. Adams (Patrick O'Neal), the captain of a U.S. Navy battleship in Under Siege. In the film, she is described as "Miss July 1989"—the month that Eleniak was Playmate of the Month in real life. Eleniak had a starring role as Elly May Clampett in the screen adaptation of The Beverly Hillbillies in 1993. The next year, she starred in the Dennis Hopper-directed romantic comedy film Chasers with William McNamara. Eleniak shot another movie with McNamara, Girl in the Cadillac (1995), and starred as identical twins Jamie and Janie in the interactive 1995 video game Panic in the Park. She continued appear in independent films and on television. Eleniak appeared on the reality television series The Real Gilligan's Island in June 2005. Eleniak has suffered from weight issues. At one point, she was underweight due to an eating disorder and was once hospitalized for laxative abuse. By 2006, she was overweight and participated in the fourth season of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club. In 2006, Eleniak appeared on 80s Movie and Music Fest Cafe, a British comedy podcast on iTunes, in which she discussed her career with presenters Ross Dyer and Julian Bayes. She gave a lighthearted view of Baywatch and her challenge during filming of Celebrity Fit Club. On April 15, 2026, it was announced that Eleniak will reprise her role as Shauni McClain in the Baywatch reboot.

Eleniak was once engaged to her Baywatch co-star Billy Warlock, who had played Eddie Kramer, her love interest on the show, as well. Eleniak married bodybuilder Philip Goglia on May 22, 1998, but after just six months, the marriage ended in divorce. After filming Snowbound in 2001 in Calgary, Alberta, Eleniak became enamored with the city. She began dating Roch Daigle, a key grip who worked on the set. She had wanted to leave Los Angeles as she found commuting to and from Telluride, Colorado difficult. She purchased a home in Calgary, where Daigle lived. The two eventually married. Eleniak became pregnant in 2005, but six and a half weeks into her term, the pregnancy was discovered to be ectopic, which required emergency surgery, and ended in a miscarriage. Eleniak later became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1987 — Silver Spoons — Samantha — Episode: "Rumors Are Flying" • Still the Beaver — Lynn — Episode: "I Had It All" • 1988 — Broken Angel — Jaime Coburn — Television film • Boys Will Be Boys — Monica — Episode: "The Front" • 1989 — Charles in Charge — Stephanie Curtis — 3 episodes • Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier — Shauni McClain — Television film • 1989–1992 — Baywatch — Main cast (45 episodes) • 1990 — Daughter of the Streets — Jennifer — Television film • Full House — Carrie Fowler — Episode: "One Last Kiss" • 1997 — Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave — Detective Eileen Burke — Television film • 1998 — Brooklyn South — Officer Christine Bannon — 3 episodes • One Hot Summer Night — Kelly Moore Brooks — Television film • 1999 — Fantasy Island — Sybil Hammond — 2 episodes • Aftershock: Earthquake in New York — Jillian Parnell — Miniseries • 2002 — Christmas Rush — Catherine "Cat" Morgan — Television film • He Sees You When You're Sleeping — Annie Campbell • 2004 — Fatal Lessons: The Good Teacher — Victoria Paige • Dracula 3000 — Aurora Ash • 2005 — Fatal Reunion — Jessica Hartley Landers • data-sort-value="Real Gilligan's Island, The" | The Real Gilligan's Island — Ginger - Green Team — Main cast (4 episodes) • 2006 — Absolute Zero — Bryn — Television film • Celebrity Fit Club — Herself — Main cast (6 episodes) • 2008 — Germany's Next Topmodel — Episode: "Episode 10" • 2010 — CSI: Miami — Claire Peterson — Episode: "See No Evil" • Desperate Housewives — Barbara Fine — Episode: "A Humiliating Business" • 2012 — Holiday Spin — Roxy — Television film • 2023 — Meet the Richardsons — Herself — Episode: "Episode #4.8"

• Year — Title — Role • 1995 — Panic in the Park — Janie / Jamie

Erika Eleniak is recorded as having received Playboy Playmate of the Month. Recorded at birth as Erika Maya Eleniak.